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*** Overbite Chrome is no longer supported.
It is only provided for users of Chrome prior to v.24.
The current release of Overbite Chrome for Google Chrome is
version 1.0.4, released on 12 August 2012. To verify the version
of Overbite Chrome, go to the app menu and select Extensions
(or the Window menu).
* System Requirements:
* Google Chrome 19.0.x or higher, with extension support
(support for this version of Overbite will end with v.24)
* Any operating system supported by Google Chrome
* Installation/upgrading directions:
- If you have an old version installed, delete it from the
Extensions window (see below).
- Download the extension to your local computer. Chrome may
give you a security warning, which you can disregard (this
extension is not currently offered through the App Store
during the testing period).
- Open the Extensions window (for example, app/Window menu,
and select Extensions). You can also directly go to
``chrome://chrome/extensions/''
- Drag the ``.crx'' to the Chrome window. When "Drop to Install"
appears, release the button to drop the file on the window.
- Click the Add button after reviewing the privileges
required. Overbite Chrome requires access to all website data
and to your history in order to rewrite URLs correctly.
Your history is not sent to the proxy, or anywhere else.
- The browser will indicate it has been successfully installed.
Overbite Chrome provides a transparent interface to Chrome so that
you can enter ``gopher://'' URLs in the omnibox (the protocol is
required), and click on gopher URLs on web pages.
To function, Overbite Chrome will redirect gopher requests to any
available proxy, by default the freely accessible Floodgap Public
Gopher Proxy. You can choose another proxy to use by going to the
app/Window menu and selecting Extensions, then clicking Options in
the Overbite Chrome box. A new tab will appear, allowing you to
enter a new proxy URL or reset back to the Floodgap default. You
can also click on one of the provided proxies as suggestions.
* Known issues
* There is no support for this extension anymore, and it will
not receive further updates.
* Google routinely changes their search URLs, which breaks the
strategy this extension uses to intercept them. Please report
this promptly so it can be repaired.
* This extension is implemented by using an external proxy. You
should only use proxies you trust, and should not expect that
your browsing history will be completely anonymous. Similarly,
available functionality and features are completely determined
by the proxy you choose.
* Support for ``gopher://'' URLs in the location bar won't work
if you are not using one of the default three search engines
(Google, Bing or Yahoo!). Overbite Chrome intercepts the
redirect Chrome makes for input it does not recognize, and it
will not intercept other URLs pointing to other search engines.
Overbite Chrome is provided to you under the GNU General Public
License v2. Use outside of this license is strictly prohibited. |